''For other uses, see
Litoral Province (Equatorial Guinea) and
Littoral Province (Cameroon).''
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'Litoral' (or: ''Litoral de Atacama'') is a
province in the southwestern parts of the
Bolivian department of
Oruro.
Location
''Ladislao Cabrera'' province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 32' and 19° 04'
South and between 67° 29' and 68° 06'
West.
The province borders
Sajama Province in the North,
Atahuallpa Province in the West and South,
Sud Carangas Province in the Southeast, and
Carangas Province in the Northeast.
The province extends over 65 km from North to South, and 55 km from East to West.
Population
Main
idiom of the province is
Spanish, spoken by 89.8 %, while 76.0 % of the population speak
Aymara and 13.7 %
Quechua.
The population increased from 2,087 inhabitants (1992
census) to 4,555 (2001 census), an increase of more than 100 %. - 34.5 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
94.5 % of the population have no access to
electricity, 90.5 % have no
sanitary facilities.
78.0 % of the population are employed in
agriculture, 3.1 % in
industry, 18.9 % in
general services (2001).
77.6 % of the population are
Catholics, 16.3 % are
Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises five
municipios:
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Cruz de Machacamarca
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Escara
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Esmeralda
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Huachacalla
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Yunguyo del Litoral
Weblinks
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General map of province
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Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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Population data (Spanish)